SPED 6607 Single Case Research for Special Educators

This course focuses on the study and application of current research methods, procedures, and designs to aid in the processes of individualizing instructional and behavior management effectiveness within classroom settings. Students will develop an understanding of, evaluate, interpret, and apply various approaches and techniques used to conduct single case research. There will be 15 hours of directed field experiences embedded for this course. A pre-service certificate is required for this course.

Registration Name

Single Case Research for SPED

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SPED 6602

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Address considerations (practical and ethical) in using various experimental designs. 
2. Describe the principles of single-case research (SCR) designs. 
3. Describe procedures to increase internal validity for the following SCR designs: 
   1. withdrawal designs or reversal designs 
   2. alternating treatments designs 
   3. multiple baseline/probe designs 
   4. changing criterion designs 
4. Write SCR methods appropriate to extend external validity through replication. 
5. Use analysis (visual and nonparametric) to interpret data from SCR.